The Esselen of Big Sur are landless no more, thanks to a $4.5 million state grant

At first, the area was known as Sargenta-Ruc, a Native American village with a view of Pixchi, or Pico Blanco Mountain, the center of creation in Esselen culture. Then the Spanish colonized California, and the Mexicans came along, and the area got the name Rancho Aguila, or Eagle Ranch.

Source: Monterey County Weekly — Read the original →